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2008 ALERTS |
| December 31, 2008 |
LA Court ruling on CRNA scope of practice; Pain Physician editor elected to European Academy of Sciences and Art; read more… |
| December 23, 2008 |
Blue Cross launches doctor-rating survey; Pain-killers can make migraines worse; Rep. Stark: no health reform vote in early ’09; read more… |
| December 17, 2008 |
Manuscript on Deaths from Opioid Analgesics now available on PubMed; New Hampshire ban on sale of prescribing date upheld; read more… |
| December 10, 2008 |
Leaks to plug in your billing department to ensure total reimbursement; HHS set rules for confidential medical error reporting; more… |
| December 3, 2008 |
Dec. 31 deadline for AMA Physician Practice Survey; Senate gets early start on Senate Healthcare Reform plan; more... |
| November 26, 2008 |
Few Doctors Sign Off on Online Prescribing; Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law; read more... |
| November 19, 2008 |
Rubenstein Public Relations Makes Press Release; CMS Issues Improper Payment Rates for Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP; read more... |
| November 12, 2008 |
The Good and the Bad of Medicare's 2009 ASC Rates; You aked for it, we delivered - ASIPP Member Blog now available; read more... |
| November 5, 2008 |
ASIPP meets requirements for AMA House of Delegates Seat; Abstract submittal period now open; read more… |
| October 29, 2008 |
Medicare battle looms as costs keep climbing; physicians get delay in FTC enforcement of ID thift rules; read more… |
| October 22, 2008 |
OIG releases Facet Joint Medicare Payments report; study: smoking, gender effect pain treatment; read more… |
| October 15, 2008 |
Trend of Medicaid pay increases expected to end; Bean counters shouldn’t override doctors; read more… |
| October 8, 2008 |
ASIPP gains twenty-eight signatures on congressional ASC letter to CMS; Medicaid long-term care- A ticking bomb; read more… |
| October 1, 2008 |
Medicaid long-term care; A ticking time bomb; Research: Cell protein suppresses pain better than morphine; read more… |
| September 24, 2008 |
Kentucky Prescription Monitoring Program receives $400,000 federal grant; Office of the Instructor; Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posts report, “Medicare Payments for Facet Joint Injection Services”; read more… |
| September 17, 2008 |
North Dakota telepharmacy project expands across country: Hollywood and health: Health content in popular TV; read more... |
| September 10, 2008 |
Oct. 1 deadline looms for three Medicaid prescription security features; Malpractice insurance; How to lower your premiums; Read more... |
| September 3, 2008 |
CMS calls for transition to ICD-10 codes in 3 years; Texas liability reforms spur plunge in premiums and lawsuits; Read more... |
| August 27, 2008 |
FDA considers training to despense narcotics; Virtual medicine: Compaines use webcams for real-time patient encounters. Read more... |
| August 20, 2008 |
Trying to script a solution; treatment for pain divides physicians. Read more... |
| August 13, 2008 |
CSIPP president testifies before DWC on treatment guidelines. read more... |
| July 30, 2008 |
Send comment letters to CMS; Save the date for the upcoming SCS Course. more... |
| July 23, 2008 |
BCBS denies SI injections coverage; ASIPP begins PR campaign. read more... |
| July 16, 2008 |
Congress overrides veto on Medicare bill; Save the date for the Dec. Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intrathecal Implantable course. Read more... |
| July 9, 2008 |
Senate Votes Reversal of Cuts in Medicare Doctor Fees ...breaking update |
| July 9, 2008 |
Senate returns to debate Medicare Advantage cuts; CCI third Quater updates...read more |
| June 27, 2008 |
Doctors face payment cuts for patients on Medicare; Help prevent cuts - write and call Congress today; Help to Assure a Voice for IPM - Join AMA... read more |
| June 18, 2008 |
Patients rarely use online ratings to pick physicians; AMA issues first report card on health insurers; FDA Approves Cymbalta(R) For The Management Of Fibromyalgia... read more |
| June 11, 2008 |
Senate Majority Leader Files To Invoke Cloture on Medicare Bill That Would Stall Physician Fee Cut; Medical testing board to introduce doctor of nursing certification; Revitalizing dead space: Finding an innovative place for your practice... read more |
| June 4, 2008 |
10 Keys to Turning Around Financially Troubled ASCs; Lilly submits Cymbalta(R) supplemental new drug application for chronic pain to U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Congress may prod doctors toward electronic prescriptions... read more |
| May 28, 2008 |
ASIPP 10th Annual Meeting Discounted Registration Extended to May 31; Google Health now available; King pays Acura $3M for product license... read more |
| May 21, 2008 |
FDA debates new version of OxyContin; ASIPP to hold Board Review and Competency Review Course; Doctor cited for prescribing too many painkillers... read more |
| May 14, 2008 |
Contact Congress on pending Medicare reimbursement legislation; Did you recieve a Physician Practice Information Survey?; Doctor Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges for Writing Oxycontin Prescriptions for Cash... read more |
| May 7, 2008 |
Physician Practice Information Survey: Did you recieve a survey?; NPI deadline: Insurers won't pay claims with old IDs after May 23; One in four Americans have daily pain; Judge rejects damages limit for malpractice... read more |
| April 30, 2008 |
Let Congress Hear From You Today!; Update on the LSBN; Ambiguously ill pose challenge for doctors; 'Boot camp' helps chronic pain sufferers cope... read more |
| April 23, 2008 |
Contact Your Officials This Week: Congress Considers Medicare Fix; Texas Physicians Punished for Prescribing Violations; Nevada May Require ASC Accreditation... read more |
| April 16, 2008 |
Congress is Considering Medicare Fix: Contact Your Officals Today!; Crimeproof Your Practice: How to Improve Office Safety; Advanced-practice Nurses Seek Wider Scope in 24 States... read more |
| April 9, 2008 |
Frontline Failure: PCPs Often Unarmed Against Pain; Parish Council Expected to Renew Pain Clinic Moratorium; Medical Malpractice Legislation Passes Tennessee House... read more |
| April 2, 2008 |
Congress is Considering Medicare Fix: Contact Your Officals Today!; CMS Instructs Florida RAC to Cease and Desist; National Standards to Rank Physicians Planned... read more |
| March 26, 2008 |
2007 Pain Practice Benchmarks Survey Results Released; Physicians Face April 1 Deadlien for Tamper-proof Rx Pads; Duragesic Patch: Fentanyl is a Cousin to Heroin... read more |
| March 19, 2008 |
Reimbursement Cuts are Looming: Act Today to Prevent Cuts in July; In Memoriam: Samuel J. Hassenbusch, III, MD, FIPP; N.H. Top Five in Methadone Deaths; OIG Work Plan for 2008 to Examine ASC and Hospital, Pain Management and IDTF Issues... read more |
| March 12, 2008 |
ASIPP, AAPM, ISIS with AMA to Conduct Physician Practice Survey; Jinx of the J-1 visa: IMGs finding other paths to residency; View Photos from March Cadaver Course; New Hampshire Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting on March 26, 2008... read more |
| March 5, 2008 |
Your Immediate Action is Needed on Legislative Issues; Audits Sting Hospitals, Physicians; Chronic pain research and treatment in Quebec gets $4.35-million boost... read more |
| February 27, 2008 |
Your Action is Needed to Prevent Cuts; Cops and Doctors; Network Lets Doctors Share Patient Info... read more |
| February 20, 2008 |
Medicare RACs may be coming to an end; ASC Reimbursement Errors Cause Increased Cuts; FDA Alert: Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products Recalled... read more |
| February 13, 2008 |
Deja Vu - Saga of Fluoroscopy Codes Starts Again; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors - They are coming your way sooner than you think; N.Y. Attorney General Probes Alleged Insurer, IT Firm Scheme... read more |
| February 6, 2008 |
ANS Becomes Diamond Sponsor; A doctor's dilemma: prescribing pain pills is getting trickier; Financial ties are cited as issue in spine study... read more |
| January 30, 2008 |
Pain Societies Express Concern with Recently Published ACOEM Guidelines; CMS Physician Fee Shedule Overview; Court allows suit against doctor over drug effects... read more |
| January 23, 2008 |
DEA Raids Health Clinic Suspected in Illegal Prescriptions; Duluth-based Health System Bans Pharmaceutical Logos; March 1 Medicare Requires Use New ID Number... read more |
| January 16, 2008 |
A Dark Addiction: Miners Caught in Western Va.'s Spiraling Rates of Painkiller Abuse; Rep. Whitfield Responds to "Dark Addiction": Sends Letter to Editor; Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Duty, Duty Everywhere... read more |
| January 11, 2008 |
ASIPP Breaking News: LA State Judge Rules Practice of IPM Not Within CRNAs Scope of Practice read more |
| January 9, 2008 |
Pay Membership Dues Online; New Jersey court sends blow to doctor-owned surgery centers; Reduced Fee Ends Jan. 18 for Specialty Course in Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty & Sacroplasty... read more |
| January 2, 2008 |
The Year Ahead with ASIPP; NASPER Update; Quicker Pain Treatment Keeps Soldiers Going; Pain Physician journal adds topical issues... read more |
